Blogs
Keeping Up With Kids is Leah Langby’s long-running popular blog. She delves into subjects related to Youth Services from many different angles.
Powered Up by Power Up, Interview with Scholarship recipient Ray Pagenkopf from Menomonie PL
Ray Pagenkopf from the Menomonie Public Library was able to attend the 2025 virtual Power Up: A Leadership Conference for Youth Services Managers...
Key Take-Aways from Sustainably Grow Your Summer Library Program Course (guest post)
NOTE: This blog post was written by Nicole Witt, Youth Services Coordinator at D.R. Moon Library-Stanley, based what she learned from the UW...
Connecting to Resources for Mental Health Programming
I had a heart-breaking conversation with a library director this week who was reeling from a two recent local deaths from suicide, and looking for...
Storytime Break Activities in Altoona
Storytime Break Activities in Altoona Anyone who has spoken with me about youth services knows that I am a very big proponent of taking breaks from...
Lead the Way Conference Takeaways from Christopher Mick
Christopher Mick was able to attend the Lead the Way: Libraries at the Heart of Community Engagement Conference in Madison in April. His costs...
Powered Up by Power Up, Interview with Scholarship recipient Ray Pagenkopf from Menomonie PL
Ray Pagenkopf from the Menomonie Public Library was able to attend the 2025 virtual Power Up: A Leadership Conference for Youth Services Managers...
Key Take-Aways from Sustainably Grow Your Summer Library Program Course (guest post)
NOTE: This blog post was written by Nicole Witt, Youth Services Coordinator at D.R. Moon Library-Stanley, based what she learned from the UW...
Practical Webinars for Any Public Library Worker (Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference 2025)
14 free, high quality webinars created especially for Wisconsin public library workers, it must be the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference! I’ve...
Lead the Way Conference Takeaways from Christopher Mick
Christopher Mick was able to attend the Lead the Way: Libraries at the Heart of Community Engagement Conference in Madison in April. His costs...
Powered Up by Power Up, Interview with Scholarship recipient Ray Pagenkopf from Menomonie PL
Ray Pagenkopf from the Menomonie Public Library was able to attend the 2025 virtual Power Up: A Leadership Conference for Youth Services Managers...
Key Take-Aways from Sustainably Grow Your Summer Library Program Course (guest post)
NOTE: This blog post was written by Nicole Witt, Youth Services Coordinator at D.R. Moon Library-Stanley, based what she learned from the UW...
Practical Webinars for Any Public Library Worker (Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference 2025)
14 free, high quality webinars created especially for Wisconsin public library workers, it must be the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference! I’ve...
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Human Resources tools, federal advocacy updates, passport update, on the calendar
New HR resource for directors and managers! Check out Human Resources for Wisconsin Library Leaders, a new resource for directors and managers! ...
Advocacy in action, new website resources, WLA call for proposals, a cool video, and cheering on your federal advocacy
Advocacy in action! Yay to our northern libraries! And to those who spoke at JFC in Hayward on Monday. 🙂 Here’s a video (you do need a free account...
Federal funding news, supply order Qs answered, free gardening programs, Fall Creek launches campaign, upcoming events
Federal funding news from DPI From Ben Miller: "Wisconsin's partial LSTA 2025 funding award just came through! We received 50% of our award for a...
Delivery study, group order update, new resources, new on the advocacy toolkit, news in the world of libraries, calendar items
Delivery study is coming! Thank you all for participating and helping IFLS collect this vital information, which is used for a variety of reasons;...